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Recent Examples of mined
Mica estimated that explosives are used nine out of ten times for anything that’s mined.
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Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 2 Sep. 2025
Because of their strategic importance, the bridges were mined – so that the Russian military had the option of blowing them up in case of a sudden Ukrainian advance.
—Svitlana Vlasova, CNN Money, 29 Aug. 2025
Where is the willing buyer who will pay millions of dollars or anything at all to save the Ranch Springs property from being mined?
—Peter J Reilly, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
In the early 2000s, a vein of innovation was being mined by artists twisting folk traditions into new shapes (Sufjan Stevens’s whimsical orchestration, Animal Collective’s ghostly harmonizing, Joanna Newsom’s harp epics).
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 29 Aug. 2025
Most blockchain analysts estimate that Nakamoto mined about 1 million Bitcoin between 2009 and 2010.
—Tatiana Siegel, Variety, 28 Aug. 2025
The site hasn't been commercially mined since.
—Tommy Trenchard, NPR, 23 Aug. 2025
Shoppers should be free to thump a melon without being mined for data.
—Boston Herald Editorial Staff, Boston Herald, 20 Aug. 2025
Because the United States lacks smelting capacity, copper mined at Resolution would likely be refined for manufacture in Chinese facilities.
—Debra Utacia Krol, AZCentral.com, 19 Aug. 2025
Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 2 Sep. 2025
Because of their strategic importance, the bridges were mined – so that the Russian military had the option of blowing them up in case of a sudden Ukrainian advance.
—Svitlana Vlasova, CNN Money, 29 Aug. 2025
Where is the willing buyer who will pay millions of dollars or anything at all to save the Ranch Springs property from being mined?
—Peter J Reilly, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
In the early 2000s, a vein of innovation was being mined by artists twisting folk traditions into new shapes (Sufjan Stevens’s whimsical orchestration, Animal Collective’s ghostly harmonizing, Joanna Newsom’s harp epics).
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 29 Aug. 2025
Most blockchain analysts estimate that Nakamoto mined about 1 million Bitcoin between 2009 and 2010.
—Tatiana Siegel, Variety, 28 Aug. 2025
The site hasn't been commercially mined since.
—Tommy Trenchard, NPR, 23 Aug. 2025
Shoppers should be free to thump a melon without being mined for data.
—Boston Herald Editorial Staff, Boston Herald, 20 Aug. 2025
Because the United States lacks smelting capacity, copper mined at Resolution would likely be refined for manufacture in Chinese facilities.
—Debra Utacia Krol, AZCentral.com, 19 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mined
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Tonges, who before Sunday’s game had never caught a regular-season pass, attacked the ball and gave San Francisco the lead.—
Michael-Shawn Dugar,
New York Times,
8 Sep. 2025
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The occurrences grew more aggressive over time, with the Smurls' 75-pound German shepherd getting slammed into a wall and Jack getting attacked while praying.—
Jessica Sager,
PEOPLE,
7 Sep. 2025
Verb
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De’Andre Johnson ambushed and choked the agent in a DCS office, livestreaming the attack on Facebook.—
Miguel Torres,
AZCentral.com,
6 Sep. 2025
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The season will detail 10 different cases, including a Las Vegas journalist ambushed outside his residence, a body dumped in a NYC tunnel, and a mission to discover the identity of a victim found in the East River.—
Giana Levy,
Variety,
5 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Iran, whose nuclear-weapons program the United States bombed in June, has the Ministry of Defense and Armed Forces Logistics.—
Bart Jansen,
USA Today,
5 Sep. 2025
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Residents in Gaza City told CNN of horrifying nights as Israel bombed the city from above and ground forces pushed into the outskirts of the city.—
Oren Liebermann,
CNN Money,
5 Sep. 2025
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“Mined.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mined. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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